With 2/3 of the precincts reporting in the Fifth Division, challenger Pat Higgins is way out in front of incumbent Charles Ollivier:

PATRICK HIGGINS		1393	60.70%
CHARLES L. OLLIVIER		902	39.30%

It's a bit closer down in the Second Division, but incumbent Roy Curless has a pretty commanding lead with 40 percent of precincts counted:

CARLOS QUILEZ		1195	40.80%
STEVEN MORRIS		223	7.61%
ROY CURLESS		1510	51.55%

315 votes separate Curless and Quilez, and SoHum ballots are presumably the last to be counted. Fortuna is Curless country; the Second Division could depend on how effective the Quilez GOTV effort in SoHum was.

UPDATE:

A third report was released at 10:20 p.m. Not much change.

Second Division, 12 out of 26 precincts counted (one more than last time):

CARLOS QUILEZ		1224	41.16%
STEVEN MORRIS		225	7.57%
ROY CURLESS		1524	51.24%

Fifth Division, same. No more precincts in.

UPDATE:

Oof.

PATRICK HIGGINS		3171	65.10%
CHARLES L. OLLIVIER		1691	34.72%

That's one of the biggest blowouts in a closely fought election that the county's ever seen. The DA recall three years ago was 60-40. But 65-35? Oof.

Second Division:

CARLOS QUILEZ		2035	44.90%
STEVEN MORRIS		318	7.02%
ROY CURLESS		2175	47.99%

SoHum pulled for Quilez as expected, but not enough.

So it's an interesting split result. But the stunning Ollivier defeat is certainly the story of the night, and a serious blow for backers of railroad and port development. More tomorrow.